Good Morning Saturday 22nd June 2024

Good morning all from a dry and brightening north Wales coast where I’m about to enjoy my Yorkshire brew in the ☕️ ginormous chamberpot😂 before trotting along for a newspaper. Sorry to read you’re not 100% Mick.

Belated birthday greetings to Sar 🥂 and anyone else I may have missed and Bon voyage to Pittcity on her fjords cruise - that’s my treat next year so look forward to hearing all about it!

Out for a drive with a friend this afternoon (cake 🧁may meet up with us too😉) then more football ⚽️ this evening- Mr PG watches all 3 per day but I have a select few teams!

Have a lovely weekend everyone x

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from a cloudy South Yorkshire. Hope you feel better soon Mick. It will be cooler today. Yesterday was very hot. I walked to school and back in the afternoon, went to the supermarket and by teatime I was exhausted. Today I will wash the downstairs floors, cook two curries for tomorrow and do a bit of gardening. I might make a batch of brownies if time allows.
Have the best day you can folks.

Good morning from a drizzly Sarthe after a couple of fine days.

It was heartening news about your DD yesterday, Gingster and I hope the other tests go well.
I do hope MissOops will pick up soon. It must be very wearing for her and for you, Oopsadaisy1.
Belated birthday greetings to Sar.

Happy weekend, everyone! 🦩🥰🦩💐🦩

Good morning from a very hot Malta.

Sorry to hear you’ve had a set-back with your health Mick. Hope things settle down for you.

Usual day of catching up on jobs around the house before watching the tennis and then going over to babysit the boys while their parents are at another wedding.

The Church service doesn’t start until 7.30 pm so it looks as though I will be in for a long night! I have never heard of one starting so late even though evening weddings are quite usual here due to the heat.

Wishing all of you the best day possible.☀️

Good morning from a sunny Bristol.

I’ve been awake since about 0245 and managed to doze off about 40 minutes ago.

Yesterday went well. It was a shame that we didn’t have a little fiesta at Spanish, but different place different customs.

In the afternoon, I visited my upstairs neighbour to apologise that yet again I wouldn’t be going to a concert next week in which another neighbour is singing. My ticke5 has been given to yet another resident..

Today, I have the usual church coffee and chat. In the afternoon, I shall probably bake a few biscuits to take with us; DS has booked something at Tideswell, nice and central.

I hope today/weekend is kind to you all. Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩

Good morning from a hillside in south Glos where it’s bright but cloudy.
A lot of faffing and pootling went on yesterday for me, a bitty day.
Probably more of the same today as nothing exciting planned or likely to happen here!
Enjoy your weekend 🌹

Good morning everyone from Inverness, looks like there’s been a bit of overnight rain but it’s dry now
Sorry to hear you’ve been unwell mick, hope things improve again soon
We’ve nothing planned this weekend, just as well as DH isn’t feeling 100% - it’s just a fly type virus I think. Im hoping to get outside in the garden, it’s been a busy week so there’s lots to catch up on. I’ll also need to do a food shop as DD2 and family will turn up sometime over the weekend
Tideswell sounds good gMattie 👍
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Good morning all from a slightly overcast North Leicestershire.

A cooking day today as DD1 and family are coming for lunch tomorrow.

Enjoy Tidsa Gm. We love it and used to have a holiday home there.

Have the best day possible everyone.

Morning all from a possibly damp West Oxfordshire.

After a lovely day at the V&A yesterday looking at Romanesque items, I am off to London again this morning. I am meeting younger son for lunch and then we’re going to the King’s Gallery to see the Photograph exhibition there.

Have a good day everyone.

Dull & damp here in Sefton. A rather depressing start to what is/was/maybe a hopefully sunny weekend. Yesterday's lovely morning soon fizzled out.... although I did manage to get 2 loads of washing dry. DH started to give the garage a sort out but ran out of impetus & took the dog for a walk instead as it had become a lot cooler. Our elderly greyhound cannot cope with any kind of heat. Apart from collecting a prescription & a small food shop we have no plans for today until this evening when we are off to a neighbour's 70th birthday bash. The venue is walkable which is handy. Although there is that pile of ironing.....
Wishing you all a pleasant weekend.

Good morning from an overcast South Downs. The sun is due to appear at 10am according to the bbc.

I have a Japanese Cherry to plant in my Japanese garden to replace a rhododendron that has really struggled.

Apart from that little planned.

Enjoy your day all

peace and harmony

Good morning from another cracking hot day here on the east coast of Fife I’ll be sitting in my conservatory today looking out into the garden listening to the birds and the water feature which is so very soothing, I’ll also be reading my book written by a famous author Ian Rankin from Fife who writes the Rebus stories, it’s going to be a good day.
I am so fortunate I want for nothing
Have a good day my friends, thinking of those who are bereaved like me 1 yr on 💐💐💐

Good morning and the weather is neither one thing or another!
Yesterday was hot as we sat out at our usual lunchtime pub.
The landlady was poorly so she gave us the key to help ourselves. We are generally the only ones who are there on a Friday lunchtime and have been going for 40 odd years so we are virtually family. She’s nearly 91 so the end is nigh, I fear! 😢.

Soon I will go out to shop for family coming tomorrow . Bake some sausage rolls and a cake. The rest will be a ‘help yourself’ buffet . Too many of us to sit round the table in a civilised manner 🤣.

I hope all poorlies will feel better soon . Take care and enjoy your day 🌸

A quick pop-in from cloudy Cornwall cos I'm triggering a migraine again. Once I can resume taking Ticagrelor after my op they will subside. Counting down the minutes, moi? 😁 Sewing and pre-op furniture reshuffling today.

Good morning everyone from an overcast Northampton, brightening up after lunch.

After waiting till 10.30 yesterday morning, and a no-show from my gardener, I checked the date, and it is next Friday that he's coming! So I got the next bus and managed to make it to ballet class, where everyone was surprised to see me!

After lunch hopped on the bus and went to M&S Food etc., and as usual the bus home was half an hour late, so didn't get back till 5.30.

Tonight I am going to DD's band concert at a village church (she plays flute) and really looking forward to it. Apparently all tickets are sold out!
Then eldest DGD is staying here overnight- she is at a party in the next close, and will walk round here afterwards; I should be back from the concert, but if not she has a key. I have no idea what she eats for breakfast these days.

Hope the sun shine on us all today.

Good morning from South Lanarkshire where it looks as though we may have a fine day ahead.

Hope you feel better as the day goes on Mick.

We enjoyed a relaxed afternoon at DS’s house yesterday as the outdoor art class has finished for the summer which meant that once I had collected DGD from school at noon there was no rush to go anywhere.
The older two helped me pull some weeds while their little brother napped and DH stayed indoors with his hay fever.

DH had a call inviting him for knee replacement surgery next month, I’m so pleased for him as his mobility is very restricted now.

DD and her girls had a wonderful evening at Wembley Stadium at the Taylor Swift gig, I think they’ll all be hoarse today!

I must iron today and think about packing for our holiday, everything from T-shirts to wellies probably.

Wishing everyone the best possible day.

Good morning all from under thick cloud on the Angus coast. The sun is trying hard to break through, I know it is..
The crow has been back at the bird table and has managed to defeat my anti-crow ingenuity and once again the peanut feeder has been unhooked and been used as a football around the patio. Such jolly fun for him! I wouldn't mind if he just ate the nuts .....
I see the woodpecker has popped by just now and is working away at the nuts he has left, my favourite visitor.
Anyway, I'm of for a session of tai chi on the beach again shortly so I'm hoping the sun will have won its battle with the cloud by 10am 🤞
So glad to hear your DD had good news from one of her tests Gingster. That's very encouraging.
Sorry to hear you're not so good again Mick, but enjoy your Chinese this evening.
You must be looking forward to your visit to the Dales Grandmattie and I'll keep my fingers crossed for good weather for you. This is such a beautiful island to explore - it's just our unpredictable weather that lets us down.
Have a good weekend everyone - I shall pop back in later to read what the rest of you are up to.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 13° and sunny. Beautiful blue skies above. Mick sorry you aren't well. I hope it settles down soon. GrandMattie I think there is a story behind the lack of a ticket!
Yesterday dd and dgs2 popped in after playgroup. He had a mountain of art work achieved- taking after his grandma. 😂 I had soup waiting for him which he devoured as if he hadn't seen food. In the afternoon, I visited a care home for mum. It was ok but very expensive (in my mind) and I'm not sure would be right for her. I see another one next week.
Today I'll go to Aldi, change the sheets and get them hung out and do a spot of gardening. I'll visit mum this afternoon. I'm not sure what I'll have for dinner yet. Possibly something with salad. Have a good day all.

Good morning from another glorious sunny Suffolk. My friend and I spent 4 hours together at the seaside seeking shelter from the sun with a stop for coffee and cake at a cafe on the prom with a covered seating area but open to the sea air and then further down a stop for lunch at another cafe overlooking the sea.

Today and tomorrow is the annual festival of light in Lowestoft which is,of course,the furthest point easterly of the British Isles where the sun rises first. This is a free festival and is greatly enjoyed by the locals,with camping on the beach,music,food stalls etc. it was interesting to watch the setting up activities,flags,fairy lights, food trucks etc and talk to some of the youngsters who were involved.

The weather forecast is excellent so a lovely time should be had by all. Last year’s festival,according to the local paper was trouble free so I hope it is the same this year. We shan’t be going…too busy and noisy for us. Our festival going days are over but we reminisce about the Windsor and Blackbush festivals and I bore DH with my stories of the festival in Hyde Park in 1969 when Mick Jagger wore a dress! Happy youthful carefree days.

Apart from going to the local hospital to collect a friend who is spending the day there with her DH and struggling to absorb the news about his illness, I shall be enjoying the sun at home. Hope today is a good one for all.

Good morning all from a cloudy Glasgow, where it is 12°C.

Belated birthday greetings to Sar.

Yesterday turned out to be unexpectedly stressful. It started off well, with the bed stripped and two loads of washing on the line and a then trip to Asda.
Unfortunately I couldn't get parked at the charity shop (the many disabled bays were being used by non badge users, pet hate of mine. 😡). Therefore, determined to get rid of them, I had to drag them to the shop. I did have the clever idea of using an Asda trolley, but it had an anti theft device and the wheels locked, stopping me from going anywhere. GRRR!
I felt so lightheaded, I had to sit down for a bit.

On Thursday, we had a new mattress delivered and I got home to find the box missing from the garage, where it was waiting until I felt ready to help Mr MD to take the old one off.
You guessed, Mr MD decided to be helpful and do it without my supervision,
Something isn't quite right : he said, can you come and have a look.
I said I didn't feel well and would have a look after lunch and a rest and there was no way, I could have managed to climb the stairs at that point.

When I eventually went up to look, the spare room was blocked by the old Double mattress, but in its place was a SINGLE one on the base of the bed.
For a moment I panicked, thinking that I had made a mistake and ordered the wrong size, but on checking the advice note said double. 😱😤😭

After phoning QVC customer service, the lovely agent said that we should re-package it as best I could and she would organise an uplift and delivery of a new one.
No here is the problem. The mattress was vacuumed packed and takes four hours to get to its intended size. How on earth will we fit this mattress into a box, which is a 1/4 the size of the mattress?
Answers on a post card please.

I am feeling pretty bushed and yukky, after three days of full on bizzyness. Therefore my only tasks today will be to remember to do my injection, update the parish website, send out the bulletin and see Dollie at Vigil Mass* to give her holiday pocket money, before is she off on holiday.

Have a lovely day folks.

P,S. Greyduster, I hope your curries turn out better than mine. Last night's was an absolute disaster!

Good morning all from the Black country a few patches of blue sky but it will be cooler than yesterday.
Spoke to a friend yesterday she was ready for theatre on Thursday but operation cancelled they had found underlying heart problems, hopefully they can be sorted soon this is the 2nd time it's been cancelled first time last year due to the strikes.
Friends coming later then over to the club.
Usual Saturday full English calling so will catch up with everybody's happenings later.
Enjoy your day everyone whatever your plans and may you all find some ☀️.

Batty, no lack of ticket…. I was going with neighbour who bought it for me (as a present), but I’m off to the Dales. It needed using.

Of course Matty! I should have realised. Enjoy your trip.

Good morning from a fresh slightly overcast Cambridgeshire. Our trip to Greenwich to meet friends yesterday was lovely we mooched around and had lunch outside by the Thames and walked miles. Today will be more restful with a trip to look at a new sofa for DD2 and then enjoy the garden this afternoon getting the BBQ out to cook our Saturday steak.

Wishing everyone a happy Saturday 💐